Welcome! My name is Peyman Asadzade. I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Middle East Initiative. I was also a USIP Peace and Security Scholar during 2021-2022.

My research interests include security studies, political violence, domestic politics and international relations, and political behavior & attitude. While my primary regional focus is the Middle East/ West Asia, my research addresses broad questions and involves a variety of contexts around the world. My dissertation examines the causes, effectiveness, and consequences of third-party diplomatic support for protest movements.

My articles have been published or are forthcoming in the Journal of Peace Research, International Studies Quarterly, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Research & Politics, International Interactions, Journal of Global Security Studies, and Nations & Nationalism. I have also written articles for the Monkey Cage of the Washington Post, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Middle East Institute, the Atlantic Council, and the Online Exclusives of the Journal of Democracy. I served as replication analyst at the Journal of Politics during 2021-2022. I am also the recipient of the 2022 Palmer Prize from the Peace Science Society (International).